Spring Festival 2017 – The Moon Moth

Spring Festival is here again this year from Wednesday, March 22 to Monday, April 3! This year’s theme is the Moon Moth.

The festival has been extended until Sunday, April 9! Enjoy ~

Upon logging in, you will be invited to accept a map, which will take you directly to the Hedge Maze in Bree. The largest quest hubs in this festival are the Hedge Maze and the Duillond Festival Garden; however, the festival takes place in all of the following locations:

Bree-land Hedge Maze Quests

Introductory Quests

A Hobbit Among the Hedges:Sorrel North-took(Shire Party Tree – 29.8S, 71.6W) asks you to find her sister Buttercup North-took (Bree-land Hedge Maze – 24.8S, 50.9W) before you partake of the festivities yourself. This is an introductory quest that leads you from the Shire Party Tree to the Bree-land Hedge Maze.

Missing the Spring Fest: Help Mákr(Thorin’s Hall Inn)find out about his friend Gísi (Bree-land Hedge Maze – 24.8S, 50.9W), who departed for the Bree-land Hedge Maze. This is an introductory quest that leads you from Thorin’s Hall Inn to the Bree-land Hedge Maze.

Missing Ethuilwereth: Help Calendui(Duillond Festival Garden – 24.6S, 90.6W)find out about her elven friends who departed for the Bree-land Hedge Maze by seeking out Saelthaliel(Bree-land Hedge Maze – 24.8S, 50.9W). This is an introductory quest that leads you from the Duillond Festival Garden to the Bree-land Hedge Maze.

Disorientation:Birdie Thornthicket(Bree-land Hedge Maze – 24.8S, 50.9W) challenges you to drink 6 Dire Beers in the Hedge Maze within 10 minutes! They spawn randomly throughout the maze, so it’s best to find them by spamming your Delete button or whatever selects usable items in your game. Every time you drink, you’ll be ported to another random place in the maze. No need to try to find your way out, just find the next beer by spamming Delete again. There’s only a timer on finishing the beers, not exiting the maze, so take your time making your way out after you’ve had all six! I recommend doing this quest after you’ve done a couple others to familiarize yourself with the maze. That way, you won’t have a hard time finding your way out when you get ported to random locations in the maze. [2 Spring Leaves]

Terrible Tweens:HelpEmma Greenbush (Bree-land Hedge Maze – 24.8S, 50.9W) find 4 hobbit tweens, who are running all over the Hedge Maze! They are constantly moving, but you can see nearby hobbits on your mini map with a quest ring icon. [Red Spring Festival Box:2Spring Leaves, chance to drop Tome of the Dusty Shrew]

The Chicken Dash: Help Buttercup North-took(Bree-land Hedge Maze – 24.7S, 50.8W) collect 2 chickens before they escape from the Hedge Maze. They are running around randomly in the maze, so it’s good to pick this up with another quest like Terrible Tweens if you can. Then you can catch two birds with one stone 😉 [1 Spring Leaf]

The Cloven Track (one-time quest):Gil Plover(Bree-land Hedge Maze – 24.8S, 50.9W) challenges you to find your way to the exit of the maze in less than 5 minutes. This quest introduces you to the repeatable quest, A Fool’s Errand. I recommend doing this series of quests after you’ve done a couple other quests that are not timed in order to familiarize yourself with the maze and the fastest route out. [1 Spring Leaf]

A Speedy Errand:Gil Plover(Bree-land Hedge Maze – 24.8S, 50.9W) challenges you to find your way to the exit of the maze in less than 3 minutes. [1 Spring Leaf]

A Fool’s Errand:Gil Plover(Bree-land Hedge Maze – 24.8S, 50.9W) challenges you to find your way to the exit of the maze in less than 1 minute now. [1 Spring Leaf]

The Green Challenge (for Inn League members only):Tob Sandyman(Bree-land Hedge Maze – 24.8S, 50.8W) challenges you to find an Inn League artifact and then make your way to the exit of the maze. Once you find the artifact near the center of the maze in the platformed and tented area with revelers, you will be given 50% run speed. From there, you will need to find your way to the exit in 2 minutes and 30 seconds. I recommend doing this quest after you’ve done a couple others to familiarize yourself with the maze. [2 Spring Leaves, Inn League Sinister Keg, 700 Inn League Reputation]

Flower Gathering Quests

Love is Like a Flower (one-time quest series): HelpAvery Crabapple(Bree-town Market Square – 30.3S, 51.3W) find a marigold, violet, and primrose for the woman he has been admiring. Marigolds can be found near Michel Delving, violets outside the West Gate of Bree, and primroses in Ered Luin. This quest series is an introductory to A Fistful of Flowers, which will be a repeatable daily quest.

A-courting Bree Will Go: Avery Crabapple(Bree-town Market Square – 30.3S, 51.3W) sends you to Barliman Butterbur(Prancing Pony, Bree-town – 29.6S, 51.2W) to find the address of the woman he admires. Her house is on the Scholar’s Stair and you should place the flowers in a vase there.

A Fern by Any Other Name…: Help Avery Crabapple(Bree-town Market Square – 30.3S, 51.3W) collect the bouquet from the vase, for it is the wrong address, and ask a neighbor for the correct address. The neighbor you find is actually the woman Avery admires: Fern Coppersmith(Bree-town – 30.2S, 52.0W). She will send you to find sweets at a house in the alley behind Avery and ask you to deliver them to him as a token of her affection.

A Fistful of Flowers:Help Avery Crabapple(Bree-town Market Square – 30.3S, 51.3W) and Gredlan Mugwort (Bree-town Market Square – 30.4S, 51.2W) to gather flowers, which will be used to create bouquets for other suitors to give to their sweethearts. This quest is only available once a day after you’ve picked up a festival ticket from Gredlan. After you hand the ticket to Avery, you will have 1 hour each day to gather as many flowers as you can, so don’t pick up the quest until you can set aside a whole hour if you want to make the most use of the time. Patches of flowers are found near Michel Delving, outside the West Gate of Bree, and in Ered Luin. They can yield any combination of flowers, but usually marigolds are in the Shire, violets are in Bree, and primroses are in Ered Luin. The flowers you collect can be bartered for horses, horse cosmetics, and flower gift boxes that give random house items, cosmetics, dyes, and farmer or cook recipes.

A Shortage of Boots (one-time quest series): Help Santmereth (Duillond Festival Garden – 24.8S, 93.2W) restock the boot supply for shrew-stomping by talking to Deluraw (Duillond – 24.1S, 93.1W), the boot-maker. He will give you three more quests to help him get supplies for his boots, before sending you back to Santmereth. This quest series is an introductory to Boot Demand, Boot Supply, which will be a repeatable daily quest. [2 Spring Leaves]

Flax to Fibre: Help Deluraw (Duillond – 24.1S, 93.1W)acquire linen from Tanathron(Duillond – 24.1S, 93.1W). Collect 8 flax plants, which grow along the road from Duillond to Celondim, and bring them back to Tanathron, who will give you flax fibres to give to Deluraw. [1 Spring Leaf]

Shrew Stomping Quests: You may only select one of these quests at a time.

Stomp-a-Shrew for the Leisurely Gardener (no cooldown): Help Maengamiel(Duillond Festival Garden – 24.8S, 93.2W) drive away 10 pesky shrews. Pick up the boots in the crate nearby and slot them into your skill bar in order to stomp the shrews after you target them. [1 Spring Leaf]

Stomp-a-Shrew for the Practised Gardener (no cooldown): Help Brangloth (Duillond Festival Garden – 24.8S, 93.2W) drive away 10 pesky shrews in one 3-minute round of shrew stomping. Pick up the boots in the crate nearby and slot them into your skill bar in order to stomp the shrews after you target them. [2 Spring Leaves]

Stomp-a-Shrew Challenge (no cooldown): Logethuil (Duillond Festival Garden – 24.8S, 93.2W) challenges you to stomp 10 shrews in one round and plant 5 seedlings in mounds of soil in the garden. Pick up the boots in the crate nearby and slot them into your skill bar in order to stomp the shrews after you target them. If you get good at stomping 10 shrews each round, you should try to always do this one since it gives you 5 Spring Leaves per successful round. [Blue Spring Festival Box:5 Spring Leaves, chance to drop Tome of the Plain Shrew]

Stomp-a-Shrew – An Enormous Shrew:Dinedhrin (Duillond Festival Garden – 24.8S, 93.2W) asks you to be the first one to stomp the enormous shrew that emerges at the end of a shrew stomping round. Pick up the boots in the crate nearby and slot them into your skill bar in order to stomp the enormous shrew after you target it. It’s always worth picking this one up along with one of the three quests above since you can go for the enormous shrew every round. [Green Spring Festival Box:5 Spring Leaves, chance to drop Tome of the Large Shrew]

Paying Your Respects: Sigismund North-took(Brockenborings, Shire – 27.2S, 67.7W) tells you to deliver the clover to Gunderic Grubb at The Golden Perch (Stock, Shire – 32.0S, 63.8W). Take the Bullroarer’s Brew that he gives you and take it back to the statue of the Bullroarer in Brockenborings. Sigismund North-took(Brockenborings, Shire – 27.2S, 67.7W) will then prompt you to speak with Tobias Brockhouse (Brockenborings, Shire – 27.2S, 67.2W) about the Bullroarer’s Challenge. [1 Spring Leaf]

Bullroarer’s Challenge: Tobias Brockhouse (Brockenborings, Shire – 27.2S, 67.2W) challenges you to pick up a tankard and toast to Bandrobras’ health before you walk across the fence to the opposite platform without falling off. Return to Sigismund North-took(Brockenborings, Shire – 27.2S, 67.7W) when you finish to select from a few rewards. [5 Pints of Bullroarer’s Brew]

Bullroarer’s Challenge – Advanced: Tobias Brockhouse (Brockenborings, Shire – 27.2S, 67.2W) challenges you to pick up a tankard and toast to Bandrobras’ health before you walk across the fence to the opposite platform without falling off in 21 seconds! Return to Sigismund North-took(Brockenborings, Shire – 27.2S, 67.7W) when you finish to select from a few rewards. [2 Spring Leaves]